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Leadership Flashcards

1
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Define Leadership.

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Leadership is influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation.

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What is purpose?

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Purpose gives subordinates the reason to act

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What is direction?

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Communicating how to accomplish a mission

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What is motivation?

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Motivation supplies the will to do what is necessary to accomplish a mission.

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Describe the “Be, Know and Do”.

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Be - The values and attributes a leader must posses
Know - The competence in everything tactical and technical
Do - Applying what you know and learned

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What are the three principal ways that leaders can develop others through which they provide knowledge and feedback?

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  1. Counseling
  2. Coaching
  3. Mentoring
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A leader’s effectiveness is dramatically enhanced by understanding and developing what areas?

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  1. Military Bearing
  2. Physical Fitness
  3. Confidence
  4. Reslience
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What is military bearing?

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Projecting a commanding presence, a professional image of authority.

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What is physical fitness?

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Having sound health, strength, and endurance, which sustain emotional health and conceptual abilities under prolonged stress.

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What is confidence?

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certainty in the unit’s ability to succeed in whatever it does; able to demonstrate composure and outward calm through steady control over emotion.

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What is resilience?

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The ability to bounce back

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12
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What are the Army Values?

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Loyalty
Duty
Respect
Selfless Service
Honor
Integrity
Personal Courage
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Core leader competencies are what an Army leader does. What are the core leader competencies?

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To lead, develop, and achieve

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What is communication?

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A process of providing information

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15
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Name the two barriers of communications

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  1. Physical

2. Psychological

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16
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Name some physical barriers of communication

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  1. Noise of battle

2. Distance

17
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What are the 7 steps to problem solving?

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  1. Identify the problem
  2. Gather information
  3. Develop criteria
  4. Generate possible solutions
  5. Analyze possible solutions
  6. Compare possible solutions
  7. Make and implement a decision
18
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Name some things in a unit that affect morale

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  1. Mess
  2. Military justice
  3. Mail
  4. Supply
  5. Billets
19
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What does FM 6-22 cover?

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Army Leadership

20
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What does FM 7-0 cover?

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Training the force

21
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What are the three core domains that shape the critical learning experiences throughout Soldiers’ and leaders’ careers?

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  1. Institutional training
  2. Experience gained during operational assignments
  3. Self-Development
22
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What are the Leader Actions?

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  1. Influencing - getting people to do what is necessary
  2. Operating - Actions taken to influence others to accomplish the missions
  3. Improving - Capturing and acting on important lessons of projects and missions
23
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What are the three levels of leadership?

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  1. Direct - First line leadership
  2. Organizational - Influence people indirectly through subordinates
  3. Strategic - Major command and DA civilian leaders
24
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Attributes of an Army leader can best be defined as what an Army leader is. What are the attributes of an Army leader?

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  1. A leader of character
  2. A leader with presence
  3. A leader with intelligence
25
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Why must leaders introduce stress into training?

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To resemble the stresses and effects of the real battlefield

26
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What are intended and unintended consequences?

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Intended consequences - anticipated results of a leaders decisions and actions
Unintended consequences - unplanned events

27
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What is counseling?

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Counseling is the process used by leaders to review with a subordinate the subordinate’s demonstrated performance and potential.

28
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What are the three major categories of developmental counseling?

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Event, performance, and professional growth counseling

29
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Character is essential to successful leadership. What are the three major factors that determine a leader’s character?

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  1. Warrior ethos
  2. Empathy
  3. Army Values
30
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What is reverse planning?

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Reverse planning is a specific technique used to ensure that a concept leads to the intended end state.

31
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What are the team building stages?

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  1. Formation
  2. Enrichment
  3. Sustainment
32
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What are beliefs?

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Beliefs derive from upbringing, culture, religious backgrounds and traditions.

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